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D-Index
103
Citations
65097
World Ranking
666
National Ranking
53

Klaus F. X. Mayer publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaus F. X. Mayer sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 250 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Klaus F. X. Mayer D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Klaus F. X. Mayer sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Germany Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Germany Leader Award

Overview

Klaus F. X. Mayer is affiliated with the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Their research spans a broad range of topics related to plant science, genetics, and molecular biology, with a specific focus on agricultural and biological sciences. The primary areas of study include wheat and barley genetics and pathology, plant disease resistance and genetics, and chromosomal and genetic variations. Additional topics of interest cover radioactive contamination and transfer, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, radioactivity and radon measurements, and radioactive element chemistry and processing.

The scientist has contributed to the field through numerous publications. Some of the most recent papers include:

  • Multiple wheat genomes reveal global variation in modern breeding, 2020, Nature
  • The barley pan-genome reveals the hidden legacy of mutation breeding, 2020, Nature
  • Mass-spectrometry-based draft of the Arabidopsis proteome, 2020, Nature
  • Long-read sequence assembly: a technical evaluation in barley, 2021, The Plant Cell
  • Population genomic analysis of Aegilops tauschii identifies targets for bread wheat improvement, 2021, Nature Biotechnology

The scholar frequently collaborates with several researchers. Notable co-authors include:

  • Thomas Lux
  • M. Spannagl
  • Martin Mascher
  • Nils Stein
  • Maxim Messerer

Mayer's work appears regularly in prominent scientific venues. The most common publication outlets are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
  • New Phytologist
  • Nature Genetics

Within the broader fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Mayer's subfields of study focus heavily on plant science and molecular biology, with additional contributions in global and planetary change, genetics, and radiological and ultrasound technology.

Best Publications

  • The Sorghum bicolor genome and the diversification of grasses

    Andrew H. Paterson;John E. Bowers;Rémy Bruggmann;Inna Dubchak

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome

    Rudi Appels;Rudi Appels;Kellye Eversole;Nils Stein;Nils Stein

  • A chromosome-based draft sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) genome

    Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jane Rogers;Jaroslav Doležel

  • The Physcomitrella Genome Reveals Evolutionary Insights into the Conquest of Land by Plants

    Stefan A. Rensing;Daniel Lang;Andreas D. Zimmer;Astrid Terry

  • The Stem Cell Population of Arabidopsis Shoot Meristems Is Maintained by a Regulatory Loop between the CLAVATA and WUSCHEL Genes

    Heiko Schoof;Michael Lenhard;Achim Haecker;Klaus F.X Mayer

  • Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon

    John P. Vogel;David F. Garvin;Todd C. Mockler;Jeremy Schmutz

  • Role of WUSCHEL in Regulating Stem Cell Fate in the Arabidopsis Shoot Meristem

    Klaus F.X Mayer;Heiko Schoof;Achim Haecker;Michael Lenhard

  • The WUSCHEL gene is required for shoot and floral meristem integrity in Arabidopsis.

    Thomas Laux;Klaus F. X. Mayer;Jürgen Berger;Gerd Jürgens

  • A physical, genetic and functional sequence assembly of the barley genome

    Klaus F.X. Mayer;Robbie Waugh;Peter Langridge;Timothy J. Close

  • A chromosome conformation capture ordered sequence of the barley genome

    Martin Mascher;Heidrun Gundlach;Axel Himmelbach;Sebastian Beier

  • The Medicago genome provides insight into the evolution of rhizobial symbioses

    Nevin D Young;Frédéric Debellé;Frédéric Debellé;Giles E D Oldroyd;Rene Geurts

  • Repeated polyploidization of Gossypium genomes and the evolution of spinnable cotton fibres

    Andrew H Paterson;Jonathan F Wendel;Heidrun Gundlach;Hui Guo

  • Analysis of the bread wheat genome using whole-genome shotgun sequencing

    Rachel Brenchley;Manuel Spannagl;Matthias Pfeifer;Gary L. A. Barker

  • MIPS: a database for genomes and protein sequences

    Hans-Werner Mewes;Dmitrij Frishman;Ulrich Güldener;Gertrud Mannhaupt

  • Comparative Analysis of the Receptor-Like Kinase Family in Arabidopsis and Rice

    Shin-Han Shiu;Wojciech M. Karlowski;Runsun Pan;Runsun Pan;Yun-Huei Tzeng;Yun-Huei Tzeng

  • Sequence and analysis of chromosome 4 of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    K. Mayer;C. Schüller;R. Wambutt;G. Murphy

  • The Arabidopsis lyrata genome sequence and the basis of rapid genome size change

    Tina T. Hu;Pedro Pattyn;Erica G. Bakker;Jun Cao

  • The transcriptional landscape of polyploid wheat

    R. H. Ramírez-González;P. Borrill;D. Lang;S. A. Harrington

  • Aegilops tauschii draft genome sequence reveals a gene repertoire for wheat adaptation

    Jizeng Jia;Shancen Zhao;Xiuying Kong;Yingrui Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Spannagl
Manuel Spannagl Helmholtz Zentrum München
Heidrun Gundlach
Heidrun Gundlach Helmholtz Zentrum München
Nils Stein
Nils Stein University of Western Australia
Georg Haberer
Georg Haberer Technical University of Munich
Uwe Scholz
Uwe Scholz Leibniz Association
Thomas Wicker
Thomas Wicker University of Zurich
Burkhard Steuernagel
Burkhard Steuernagel John Innes Centre
Martin Mascher
Martin Mascher Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research
Robbie Waugh
Robbie Waugh James Hutton Institute
Hans-Werner Mewes
Hans-Werner Mewes Technical University of Munich

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